Comment by teeray
7 months ago
> The over-the-top characters, the cheesy story
I love that they don't take themselves too seriously in this series. RA3 had some hilarious cutscenes with characters barely holding it together (the Soviet Premier was an underrated Tim Curry role IMO).
It's a shame the campaign of RA3 was boring. They got the theme and cutscenes right, but the campaign missions were rather slow, generic and forgettable.
It's the opposite of C&C3, which had a good campaign but the theme was a step back from the scifi of Tiberian Sun. Especially the GDI/NOD units were way less futuristic, and the alien ones were a bit too similar to each other in style. The cutscenes were also mostly boring compared to earlier games.
If I recall correctly, the expansion pack for C&C3 was much more interesting in these aspects, but the gameplay suffered.
"I'm escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism,
barely holds laughter back and takes a break
SPACE!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Sq1Nr58hM
He looked up! It's vital to mention that in this moment, renowned character actor Tim Curry, to highlight the fact that he was going to space, chose to look up!
I wish there was a behind-the-scenes of this.
Absolutely! I don't have time to play a RTS campaign, but I watched the RA3 story cutscenes and they are the top of the genre.
"I'm escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism... SPAAACE!"
A more innocent time tbh